List of Famous people born in Gelderland, Kingdom of the Netherlands

Bertus ("Bart") Voskamp is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1993 to 2005. He competed in five Tours de France. He also competed in the team time trial at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Bram van Polen is a Dutch footballer who plays as a defender for PEC Zwolle in the Eredivisie. He formerly played for Vitesse Arnhem.

Jeroen van der Boom is a Dutch singer who rose to fame in 2007 with his No. 1 hit single Jij bent zo.

Martijn Maaskant is a retired Dutch professional road racing cyclist. Maaskant competed professionally between 2008 and 2014.

Gerard Pieter Hendrik van Velde is a Dutch retired speed skater who specialised in sprinting. He won an Olympic gold medal in 2002.

Linda Wagenmakers is a Dutch singer and voice actress. She started her career at 21 playing Kim in the Dutch version of the musical Miss Saigon. She played in the RTL 4 drama series Westenwind, for which she also recorded the song "Laat me vrij om te gaan". Wagenmakers voiced the Dutch version of Mulan in the Disney animation movie. And was part of many television shows and events. She was part of the original cast of Rocky over the rainbow playing Maggs and in later versions Dorothy. She was part of Musicals in Ahoy in 2001 singing the role of Kim from Miss Saigon as well as Eponine from Les Miserables. She also represented her country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 in Stockholm, with the song "No Goodbyes" involving a huge black and white dress designed by Jan Aarntzen She featured in a gospel national theater tour in The Spirit of Joy! She also played the lead role in the Dolly Dots musical Love me just a little bit more as Lisa, an awkward high school girl with a great voice caught in teenage drama. She released a Gospel Album called Full Circle played Sis in the musical Shhh...it happens She played Alex in The Witches of Eastwick working alongside of April Darby [The Bodyguard][and Joke de Kruijf The Phantom of the Opera. She played the witch Caramella at the national tour of Hansel and Gretl for Van Hoorne productions. And as the Lady of the Lake in the Monty Python musical Spamalot. She returned to the stage as Anastasia in the comedy Fifty shades, the parody for Senf productions. She also was the voice of Tiana, the first African-American Disney Princess for the animated movie Princess and the Frog Alongside her work on stage she started to devote time on coaching other artists vocally and mentally for Vocal Center, and finished the competition in 13th place after the voting. Wagenmakers played the role of Kim in the Dutch version of the musical Miss Saigon. She also sang in the show Musicals in Ahoy.

Cornelis (Cees) van der Knaap is a Dutch politician. He was State Secretary for Defence for the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).

Johan Antoon Reinier Alex Maria van Hooff is a Dutch biologist best known for his research involving primates. He was professor of comparative physiology at Utrecht University from 1980 to 2001.